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“The No. 1 failure I’ve seen is when producers are interested in cover crops and just jump in without knowing what they want to accomplish,” says Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska Extension engineer.

New formed Local Seed Company says it will offer farmers a “direct-to-growers” option with a mission to provide custom crafted seed options delivered to the farm.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says both U.S. peanut and cotton producers may have a record crop on their hands.

An Native American tribe is working to restore wild rice to five eastern Minnesota lakes.

Soybeans aren’t the only legumes China is interested in buying.

Report: Kansas corn production forecast down from last year

Two countries reach agreement on final protocol, USDA says.

Rice prices have declined for several years because of competition from huge rice producers like Vietnam and Thailand as well as increases in agricultural productivity that have boosted supplies. Over the past few decades, hundreds of rice farmers in Southeast Texas have given up the crop entirely but that could soon change.

Here’s the latest from the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates:

While spring floods left many rice farmers with fewer acres of rice than they originally planned, they’re hopeful a rising market can offset at least some of the lost acreage.